Rotatable table.



A. M; STOVER.

BOTATABLE TABLE APPLIGATION FILED un. 11, 190s.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

4- ILINITEU sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

l ALICE n. srovEa, on comm emersa, Iowa.

normanna mana..

spedneauon or Letten Patent.

Pat-med nec. 22, 190s.

Application ma January 11, mos. sam m4103311.

To all whom 'it may concern: p l

Be it known that I, ALICE M. S'rovan, a citizen of the United States,l residing at Guthrie Center, in the county of Guthrie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use,-

ful Rotatable Table, of which the following lifting or handling the dishes, food and the like upon the table. Y

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth, pointed out. in my y claims and illustrated in the accompanying and drawings in which:-

Fi rel is a perspective view of the table ig.- 2 a vertical sectional view that shows the forms of different arts and the manner of vdetachably com ining them.

. Figs.- 3 and 4 show a modification 1n which thereis a stationary part surroundin the rotatable centralportion. Fi 5 is a etail a circular metal plate 12 formed with an integral central. chamber -13 on its lower surface and a bolt hole in its center. A bolt 14, screw-threaded at its ends and provided with a collar 15 on its middle portiony to produce annular shoulders 16 and 17, is extended up through the bolt hole in the bottom of the chamber 13 and secured to said chamber `by a nut 14a. A base, preferably formed complete in one piece by molding, is provided and consists oflegs 18 and a circular head 19 having a central bolt hole to admit the lower end of the bolt '14'. A cylindrical frustum-shaped hollow casting 20 is tted on the top of the head 19 of the base and is provided with an a erture in its lower end for the passa e of lt e bolt 14. The lower end portion'o the bolt -14 also extends through the head 19 and 1s secured thereto by an'ut 21. The annular of the casting 2O is provided with a contxnuous annularhgroove 22 adapted to con- To the v shown in Fig. 2. A stationary circularlrim 24 may be mounted circumferentially of and surroundthe rotatable central table 10 and be supported by braces 25 fixed thereto and to the hollow casting 20 as shown in Fig. 4, orjin any suitable way that will retain said rim stationary while-the central part 10 is rotated. as required to bring dishes and food thereon Within reach of guests around the table. All the parts are thus securely combined in such a manner that the to 10 can be'rotated intermittently in either 'rection at pleasure while the base stands firm upon the Hoor. f

Having thus set forth the purposes of my invention, its construction and manner of use, the practical operation and utility there of will be obvious.

tain bals 23 in contact with the pate 12, as

What I claim as new and desire to secure,

by Letters-Patent, isz- -1. A rotatable table, comprising a base member, a hollow casting on said base member', a plate mounted loosely on said casting and formed with a chamber centrally located and prog'ecting downward from said plate into said casting, the bottom wall of said chamber formed with an aperture, a bolt mounted through said base member, casting and chamber and` pivoting them together, and a table-to xed -to said plate and crossing the 'cham r therein.

2. A rotatable-table, comprising a base member, a hollow casting on said b ase member, a plate mounted loosely on sald. castm and formed with a chamber centrally locate and projecting downward fromI sald plate into said castmg, the. bottom wall of said chamber formed. with an aperture, a bolt mounted through said base member, castlng and chamber and pivoting them together, a table top fixed to said plate and crossmg the chamber therein', the rim of said table-to being circular, and a ring surroundin an in the same plane as said .table-top an `connected by sup orts to said hollow casting.

3. A rotata le table, comprising a circular table top, a circular metal plate, having a central chamber on its lower side formed with a bolt hole in its center, xed'to the lower side and center of the table top, a

`frustum-shaped hollow casting, having an aperture inV its bottom and a continuous raceway in its'top, balls 1n the raceway, said plate resting on said balls, a base member ormed with a vertical bolt hole and carrying said casting, a screw bolt mounted through said base member, castin and plate, a collar on said bolt within sai castand nuts on the ends of said bolt.

4. A rotatabletable, comprising a circular rotatable table to a circular metalplate, having a central cliamber on its lower side formed with a bolt hole in its center, lixed to the lower side and center of the table top, a frustum-shaped hollow casting formed with an aperture in its'bottom and a raceway in its top, balls in the raceway carrying said plate', a base member, a screw bolt mounted through said base member, casting and plate, nuts on the ends of the bolt, an annu ar top section surrounding and in the same plane as said circular top, and supports for said annular section connected tosaid hollow casting.

5. A rotatable table, com rising a base formed with a bolt hole, a ollow casting formed with a bolt hole in itslower end and a raceway in its top, said casting resting on said base, balls in said raceway, a circular plate mounted on said balls and formed with a circular chamber on its lower side and a bolt'hole in the bottom and center of the chamber, a circular table top fixed tothe plate, a bolt mounted through said base,

casting and plate and being screw threaded on its ends,- a collar on said bolt between said' chamber and the bottom of the hollow` castin and nuts on the ends of the bolt.

6. rotatable table, comprising a base formed' with a circular head having a vertical bolt hole, a hollow oastingformed with a bolt hole in its lower end and a raceway in its top, said casting resting on the head of the base, balls in said raceway, a circular plate mounted on said balls and formed wlth a circular chamber on its lower side and a bolt hole in the bottom and center of the chamber, a circular table top fixed to said plate, a bolt mounted through said base, casting and plate and being screw threaded on its ends, a

collar on said bolt between said chamber and `the bottom of the hollow casting, nuts on the ALICE M. STOVER.

Witnesses:

S. C. SWEET, L. L. LEIBROCK. 

